14-10-2017 17:46 via yahoo.com

Puerto Ricans given drinking water pumped from a hazardous waste site

Puerto Ricans are being given water to drink from a potentially contaminated site three weeks after Hurricane Maria tore across the island.Journalists and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workers said they had seen people filling up bottles with water pumped from the Dorado groundwater contamination site.About 85 per cent of the island's residents - who are American citizens - remain without power, while about 36 per cent lack drinking water.
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